Pictorial archive of decorative Renaissance woodcuts
(Kunstbüchl[e]in)
by Jost Amman
"A little book of art, wherein are included, besides the representations of many clergymen and secular persons of high and low rank, as well as those of the Turkish Emperors and their chief men, all kinds of artistic designs and figures; also the seven planets, the ten ages; cavalry captains and commanding officers; riders and their horses; all sorts of tournaments; swordsmanship and armor. All of it most elegantly and artistically drawn by the late excellent and far renowned Jost Amman of Nuremberg. Now again compiled and offered to all the lovers of painting, in order to please them especially." Thus, this volume of 293 woodcuts, the major achievement of one of the first and greatest masters of the woodcut, Jost Amman (1539-1591), was presented to the aristocrats and patricians and the illustrators and decorators of Germany in 1599. - Back cover.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
People
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
1
Pictorial archive of decorative Renaissance woodcuts: (Kunstbüchl[e]in)
1985, Dover
in English
0486219879 9780486219875
|
aaaa
|
2
Pictorial Archive of Decorative Renaissance Woodcuts
June 1, 1968, Dover Publications
Paperback
in English
- New Ed edition
0486219879 9780486219875
|
zzzz
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
"Revised republication, incorporating all 293 illustrations, of the work originally published by Dover in 1968 under the title 293 Renaissance woodcuts for artists and illustrators, which was ... republication of Jost Amman's Kunstbüchl[e]in."--T.p. verso.
Classifications
The Physical Object
Edition Identifiers
Work Identifiers
Source records
Community Reviews (0)
Lists